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Tsunami Warning

8.7 Mag Earthquake - Some serious waves comming Sumatra's way.
Not as big as the devastating 9.1 that caused the death of over 230 000 people but still a biggie.
Let's hope that this one is just a storm in a tea cup....

this bulletin is issued as advice to government agencies. Only
national and local government agencies have the authority to make
decisions regarding the official state of alert in their area and
any actions to be taken in response.

earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a
widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across
the entire indian ocean basin.

However - it is not known that a tsunami was generated. This
watch is based only on the earthquake evaluation. Authorities in
the region should take appropriate action in response to the
possibility of a widespread destructive tsunami.

Estimated initial tsunami wave arrival times at forecast points
within the warning and watch areas are given below. Actual
arrival times may differ and the initial wave may not be the
largest. A tsunami is a series of waves and the time between
successive waves can be five minutes to one hour.

Yep.....alarming, but be assured it was horizontal, rather than vertical, and that a tsunami is unlikely.

I talk from very real experience in that my wife and I were caught in the earthquakes last year in Christchurch that killed more than a few.
We lost everything and escaped with the clothes on our backs - I'm not kidding!! Michael knows this!

We have experienced quakes in Philippines, Taiwan and Indo, and believe me, ChCh was the real thing!!

Not being a wise arse, but horizontal is nothing compared to vertical.
The bloke that helped us out in ChCh was a professor of geology - yep, go figure!

Now run for your lives to higher ground and ignore all that I've said.....

No disrespect intended for those that wish to raise alarms and get people to safety.

Banda Aceh: The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre on Wednesday cancelled the tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean areas, hours after two major earthquakes, measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on Richter Scale, hit Indonesia.
The tsunami warning was at first issued following the 8.6-magnitude earthquake, which was later scaled down. However, the warning was issued again for two hours after the second earthquake hit the Aceh province of the country.
The tsunami watch was earlier lifted for Thailand, Myanmar, Australia and Malaysia. Hours after the 8.6 earthquake, the Aceh province in Indonesia was hit by another quake of 8.2 magnitude.
The first 8.6-magnitude quake off Aceh province, hours earlier, had spawned a wave around 30 inches (80 centimeters) high but caused no serious damage.
The US Geological Survey had said the strong temblor that followed was centered 10 miles (16 kilometers) beneath the ocean around 380 miles (615 kilometers) from the provincial capital, Banda Aceh.
Harjadi, a local official who goes by only one name, said the new tsunami warning was for residents living along the western coast of the country.
It included Sumatra island and the Mentawai islands.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami watch was in effect for Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore.
But hours later, the threat appeared to have passed.

Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line;
Let me, less cruel, cast feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook,
Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with fur-wrought fly delude the prey

Damn, thank goodness the warnings have been called off. Mates of mine are flying to Maldives today for a 7 day fishing trip. that woud have been terrible. As far as i understand there is no longer a threat for a tsunami.